There are a couple scenarios where this would even have a slight chance of working. One, JGL is Bruce Wayne and its not part of the Nolanverse, but would then confuse the hell out of people. Or two.... Crap this just can't work. Recast Bats of MoS and JL.

If this is true I absolutely would not see the movie. I've never said that about a movie, I think, this far ahead in the game... but I have absolutely zero interest seeing a non-Bruce Wayne Batman in Justice League. Zero.

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It isn't even just the fact that it wouldn't be Bruce either... it would be a direct contradiction to the "no superpowers" rule of the Nolanverse. It wouldn't really make sense. It seems like a way to leech off of the success of the Nolan trilogy rather than establishing something new and lasting.

And it reduces the character to mere externals IMHO - "it doesn't matter if the guy is Bruce Wayne, having him in a batsuit will be enough for audiences." The only reason other characters like Dick Grayson and Terry work in the suit is because of their intense close relationship to Bruce, something we never got with Blake, who had a handful of scenes with Bruce before "hey man, here's the batcave!" I can't fathom how this is in any way a good storytelling move and not purely a marketing / money move (and a poor one at that - story is what makes a true success, not gimmicks). If this is true that is.

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While it makes a great deal of sense to link the JL movie to the multi billion dollar Dark Knight franchise, I would much prefer WB throw a ton of money at Bale and have him portray Old Man Wayne in the JL film. The actions of the Dark Knight in Gotham many years ago could serve as inspiration for this new group of heroes, and Bruce could train an apprentice in a high tech suit as a lead in to a "Batman Beyond" trilogy. Bruce could even serve as the primary antagonist in the JL origin film, using his rebuilt fortune to "test" the JL members and force their collaboration, ala "Tower of Babel".

If this is true I absolutely would not see the movie. I've never said that about a movie, I think, this far ahead in the game... but I have absolutely zero interest seeing a non-Bruce Wayne Batman in Justice League. Zero.

I'm thinking the same but come opening week I know I would be there in the cinema.

I'd rather have NO Batman than JGL as Batman in JL for the main reason that if JL is a success they can put a rebooted Batman in the sequel. If they use JGL they will be stuck with this Blake character.

Blake as Batman could easily just be their version of BATMAN BEYOND, which we know WB has bandied about for a while. It's not out of left field after the end of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. It's not my preference, but there are ways it could work.

Totally unfair that Nolan was able to throw away everything from the previous Batman to make his movie but the makers of JL will have their hands tied to use a character that doesn't even exist in the comics.

That would be horrible, Blakes ending annoyed me enough in TDKR, I dont want it here but even so it doesn't make sense on so many levels.

The writer of JL even said himself on twitter that his Batman was very different from Nolan's and that script was written before Dark Knight Rises even came out. It has to be Bruce Wayne since Blake doesn't even have the comics for the writer to look at for reference.

Totally unfair that Nolan was able to throw away everything from the previous Batman to make his movie but the makers of JL will have their hands tied to use a character that doesn't even exist in the comics.

Marvel must be reading this news and laughing their arse off.

Not Nolans fault, man. He wanted his series to be self contained from the start. Its the WB. They should've know better, than trying to mesh things together so late, just because they didn't wanted to fight him on this while things were still in production.
They should just throw enough money at Bale and have him come back. He would, if the script would be great. Just give him a reason to return again, in story. Some huge danger to the world, which he just cannot ignore from his little cafe in florence. It would be no problem.

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That would be horrible, Blakes ending annoyed me enough in TDKR, I dont want it here but even so it doesn't make sense on so many levels.

The writer of JL even said himself on twitter that his Batman was very different from Nolan's and that script was written before Dark Knight Rises even came out. It has to be Bruce Wayne since Blake doesn't even have the comics for the writer to look at for reference.

The script for The Dark Knight Rises was finished for January 2011, Justice League was finished, or started I can't remember, by June 2011.

There's always a ton of BS rumours, remember when Jon Hamm and Matthew Goode were supposedly playing Superman or that we were getting a CGI Superman in MOS well they were BS.

I don't think this will ever happen, Bruce Wayne is Batman no one else.

Everyone who is having doubts just read this post says it all, it won't happen.

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That would be horrible, Blakes ending annoyed me enough in TDKR, I dont want it here but even so it doesn't make sense on so many levels.

The writer of JL even said himself on twitter that his Batman was very different from Nolan's and that script was written before Dark Knight Rises even came out. It has to be Bruce Wayne since Blake doesn't even have the comics for the writer to look at for reference.